Victory: What is a WIN for the City and Citizens of GT

Victory for the Blog: Strange how in Politics and in the world today we need to define what will be called a Victory. Let me make it clear and to the point what this blog feels will be a Victory for all the Citizens of Grand Terrace.

1: The Current City Manager, and his contracted Staff Be Replaced with Competent Staff which SERVES the community, and City Council, rather than the opposite.

2: A full accounting of ALL Transactions be Made and Evaluated in PUBLIC.

3: All Payments made PUBLISHED on LINE

4: MAXIMUM OPEN GOVERNMENT... CLOSED MEETINGS ONLY WHEN ABSOLUTELY REQUIRED BY LAW.

5: Proper Governance, and Contracting Practices:

a) UP DATED AND CURRENT GENERAL PLAN
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b) PROPER AND ROUTINE PROCEDURES FOR THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND PLANNING COMMISSION
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c) The Retirement of the Redevelopment Agency and City Redevelopment Projects logically ending the City's meddling in the City's Development, and Real Estate Market
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d) Competitive Bids for all contracts including selection of City Attorney, and City Engineer. Who serve at the Pleasure of the City Council, not the City Manager.
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e) The guarantee to Property Ownership, HOME or Business. The City should eliminate the use of Eminent Domain to obtain Ownership of property except when the property is used for CITY OWNED and OPERATED FUNCTIONS such as roads, parks, and Youth Centers. City wide retirement of any designation as a REDEVELOPMENT AREA, Blighted AREA or any other designation giving the City or Redevelopment Agency power to DEMAND any conversion of property to a "Improved Use". (IF a property has to be condemned for any safety reason by State or County Law, it should be sold at public auction if the owner fails to remedy the problem or fails to pay the tax bill when the City has enacted a public safety abatement procedure such as weed removal, or a drug lab clean up.)
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f) Parents at least ONE can work in GT and be able to Parent their Children after school.
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g) Youth between 7th grade and 12th grade have services provided after school so that NO YOUTH is without Adult interaction and supervision at ALL TIMES.
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h) City Council, Mayor, City Employees, Sheriff and Staff are Drug Tested quarterly.
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I) Police and Fire Logs are available on the City Web Page... Including Calls and response time, and arrests.
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j) City wide wifi (This is the library of the future) We do not need a library with more CD's and DVD's
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k) City Lost and Found Web Site for Animals and other things...
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l) City wide maximum speed limit of 35mph. (So Light Electric or Neighborhood Vehicles on the North side of town can do shopping on the South side of Town.
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m) A GT Community Band of all age groups would be nice.
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Here is MY LIST of What I want for the Citizens of Grand Terrace. This is what I would consider a Victory. These are Constructive Improvements, and Suggestions.

The Current City Manager, and the Majority of the City Council want things to be as they are.

Check your list and check it twice... What do you want for the City?


School Issues are not CITY issues... Yes CJUSD and our schools need help too. But that is a different blog.